The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BARBER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BARBER
- American composer responsible for Hair?
- This composer’s shop associated with singing style?
- Composer who gives others a ‘distressing’ experience?
- One could get you having less hair maybe around front of bonce
- Hairdresser: one supplying insults?
- A pole proclaims my job in saloon, say, at capital’s west side
- Scorer and cutter
- Shave head of Britney Spears balder
- Held in Zagreb, rabid retired chap wielding scissors
- One offering a cut, as composer
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The straight part
We know that "Scorer/cutter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scorer/cutter = barber.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BARBER mean?
BARBER noun- A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
- A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
- A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
- To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
- To chatter, talk.